This article classifies the subgroups of the order Coleoptera (beetles) down to the level of families, following the system in "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)", Bouchard, et al. (2011), with corrections and additions from 2020, with common names from bugguide.net.
- Order Coleoptera
- Suborder â Protocoleoptera
- Superfamily â Tshekardocoleoidea <small>Rohdendorf, 1944</small>
- Family â Tshekardocoleidae <small>Rohdendorf, 1944</small>
- Family â Labradorocoleidae <small>Ponomarenko, 1969</small>
- Family â Oborocoleidae <small>Kukalová, 1969</small>
- Superfamily â Permocupedoidea <small>Martynov, 1933</small>
- Family â Permocupedidae <small>Martynov, 1933</small>
- Family â Taldycupedidae <small>Rohdendorf, 1961</small>
- Superfamily â Permosynoidea <small>Tillyard, 1924</small>
- Family â Ademosynidae <small>Ponomarenko, 1968</small>
- Family â Permosynidae <small>Tillyard, 1924</small>
- Suborder Archostemata
- Superfamily Cupedoidea <small>Laporte, 1836</small>
- Family Crowsoniellidae <small>Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1983</small>
- Family Cupedidae <small>Laporte, 1836</small>
- Family Micromalthidae <small>Barber, 1913</small>
- Family Ommatidae <small>Sharp and Muir, 1912</small>
- Family Jurodidae <small>Ponomarenko, 1985</small>
- Family â Triadocupedidae <small>Ponomarenko, 1966</small>
- Family â Magnocoleidae <small>Hong, 1998</small>
- Family â Obrieniidae <small>Zherikhin and Gratshev, 1994</small>
- Superfamily â Asiocoleoidea <small>Rohdendorf, 1961</small>
- Family â Asiocoleidae <small>Rohdendorf, 1961</small>
- Family â Tricoleidae <small>Ponomarenko, 1969</small>
- Superfamily â Rhombocoleoidea <small>Rohdendorf, 1961</small>
- Family â Rhombocoleidae <small>Rohdendorf, 1961</small>
- Superfamily â Schizocoleoidea <small>Rohdendorf, 1961</small> (formerly Schizophoroidea <small>Ponomarenko, 1968</small>)
- Family â Phoroschizidae <small>Bouchard and Bousquet, 2020</small> (formerly Schizophoridae <small>Ponomarenko, 1968</small>)
- Family â Catiniidae <small>Ponomarenko, 1968</small>
- Family â Schizocoleidae <small>Rohdendorf, 1961</small>
- Suborder Myxophaga
- Superfamily Lepiceroidea <small>Hinton, 1936 (1882)</small>
- Family Lepiceridae <small>Hinton, 1936 (1882)</small>
- Superfamily Sphaeriusoidea <small>Erichson, 1845</small>
- Family Torridincolidae <small>Steffan, 1964</small>
- Family Hydroscaphidae <small>LeConte, 1874</small>
- Family Sphaeriusidae <small>Erichson, 1845</small>
- Suborder Adephaga
- Family â Tritarsusidae <small>Hong, 2002</small> (formerly Tritarsidae <small>Hong, 2002</small>)
- Family Gyrinidae <small>Latreille, 1810</small> (whirligig beetles)
- Family Trachypachidae <small>Thomson, 1857</small> (false ground beetles)
- Family Rhysodidae <small>Laporte, 1840</small>
- Family Carabidae <small>Latreille, 1802</small> (ground beetles)
- Family Haliplidae <small>Aubé, 1836</small> (crawling water beetles)
- Family â Triaplidae <small>Ponomarenko, 1977</small>
- Family â Colymbotethidae <small>Ponomarenko, 1994</small>
- Family â Parahygrobiidae <small>Ponomarenko, 1977</small>
- Family â Coptoclavidae <small>Ponomarenko, 1961</small>
- Family â Liadytidae <small>Ponomarenko, 1977</small>
- Family Meruidae <small>Spangler and Steiner, 2005</small>
- Family Noteridae <small>Thomson, 1860</small> (burrowing water beetles)
- Family Amphizoidae <small>LeConte, 1853</small>
- Family Aspidytidae <small>Ribera, Beutel, Balke and Vogler, 2002</small>
- Family Hygrobiidae <small>Régimbart, 1879 (1837)</small>
- Family Dytiscidae <small>Leach, 1815</small> (predaceous diving beetles)
- Suborder Polyphaga
- Infraorder Staphyliniformia
- Superfamily Histeroidea <small>Gyllenhal, 1808</small>
- Family Histeridae <small>Gyllenhal, 1808</small>
- Family Sphaeritidae <small>Shuckard, 1839</small>
- Family Synteliidae <small>Lewis, 1882</small>
- Superfamily Hydrophiloidea <small>Latreille, 1802</small>
- Family Epimetopidae <small>Zaitzev, 1908</small>
- Family Georissidae <small>Laporte, 1840</small>
- Family Helophoridae <small>Leach, 1815</small>
- Family Hydrochidae <small>Thomson, 1859</small>
- Family Hydrophilidae <small>Latreille, 1802</small> (water scavenger beetles)
- Family Spercheidae <small>Erichson, 1837</small>
- Superfamily Staphylinoidea <small>Latreille, 1802</small>
- Family Hydraenidae <small>Mulsant, 1844</small>
- Family Ptiliidae <small>Erichson, 1845</small>
- Family Agyrtidae <small>Thomson, 1859</small>
- Family Leiodidae <small>Fleming, 1821</small>
- Family Silphidae <small>Latreille, 1806</small>
- Family Staphylinidae <small>Latreille, 1802</small> (rove beetles)
- Infraorder Scarabaeiformia
- Superfamily Scarabaeoidea <small>Latreille, 1802</small>
- Family Pleocomidae <small>LeConte, 1861</small> (rain beetles)
- Family Bolboceratidae <small>Mulsant, 1842</small>
- Family Geotrupidae <small>Latreille, 1802</small> (earth-boring scarab beetles)
- Family Belohinidae <small>Paulian, 1959</small>
- Family Passalidae <small>Leach, 1815</small> (bess beetles)
- Family Trogidae <small>MacLeay, 1819</small> (hide beetles)
- Family Glaresidae <small>Prudhomme de Borre, 1886</small>
- Family Diphyllostomatidae <small>Holloway, 1972</small>
- Family Lucanidae <small>Latreille, 1804</small> (stag beetles)
- Family Ochodaeidae <small>Streubel, 1846</small> (sand-loving scarab beetles)
- Family Hybosoridae <small>Erichson, 1847</small>
- Family Glaphyridae <small>MacLeay, 1819</small> (bumble bee scarab beetles)
- Family Scarabaeidae <small>Latreille, 1802</small> (scarab beetles)
- Family â Coprinisphaeridae <small>Genise, 2004</small> (ichnotaxon)
- Family â Pallichnidae <small>Genise, 2004</small> (ichnotaxon)
- Infraorder Elateriformia
- Superfamily Scirtoidea <small>Fleming, 1821</small>
- Family Decliniidae <small>Nikitsky, Lawrence, Kirejtshuk and Gratshev, 1994</small>
- Family Eucinetidae <small>Lacordaire, 1857</small>
- Family Clambidae <small>Fischer von Waldheim, 1821</small>
- Family Scirtidae <small>Fleming, 1821</small>
- Family â Elodophthalmidae <small>Kirejtshuk and Azar, 2008</small>
- Family â Mesocinetidae <small>Kirejtshuk and Ponomarenko, 2010</small>
- Superfamily Dascilloidea <small>Guérin-Méneville, 1843 (1834)</small>
- Family Dascillidae <small>Guérin-Méneville, 1843 (1834)</small>
- Family Rhipiceridae <small>Latreille, 1834</small>
- Superfamily Buprestoidea <small>Leach, 1815</small>
- Family Schizopodidae <small>LeConte, 1859</small>
- Family Buprestidae <small>Leach, 1815</small>
- Superfamily Byrrhoidea <small>Latreille, 1804</small>
- Family Byrrhidae <small>Latreille, 1804</small>
- Family Protelmidae <small>Jeannel, 1950</small>
- Family Elmidae <small>Curtis, 1830</small>
- Family Dryopidae <small>Billberg, 1820 (1817)</small>
- Family Lutrochidae <small>Kasap and Crowson, 1975</small>
- Family Limnichidae <small>Erichson, 1846</small>
- Family Heteroceridae <small>MacLeay, 1825</small>
- Family Psephenidae <small>Lacordaire, 1854</small>
- Family Cneoglossidae <small>Champion, 1897</small>
- Family Ptilodactylidae <small>Laporte, 1836</small>
- Family Podabrocephalidae <small>Pic, 1930</small>
- Family Chelonariidae <small>Blanchard, 1845</small>
- Family Eulichadidae <small>Crowson, 1973</small>
- Family Callirhipidae <small>Emden, 1924</small>
- Superfamily Elateroidea <small>Leach, 1815</small>
- Family Artematopodidae <small>Lacordaire, 1857</small>
- Family Brachypsectridae <small>Horn, 1881</small>
- Family Cantharidae <small>Imhoff, 1856 (1815)</small> (soldier beetles)
- Family Cerophytidae <small>Latreille, 1834</small>
- Family Elateridae <small>Leach, 1815</small> (click beetles; includes former Drilidae, Omalisidae, and Plastoceridae)
- Family Eucnemidae <small>Eschscholtz, 1829</small>
- Family Lampyridae <small>Rafinesque, 1815</small> (fireflies)
- Family Lycidae <small>Laporte, 1836</small>
- Family Omethidae <small>LeConte, 1861</small> (includes former Telegeusidae)
- Family Phengodidae <small>LeConte, 1861</small>
- Family Rhagophthalmidae <small>Olivier, 1907</small>
- Family Sinopyrophoridae <small>Bi, 2018</small>
- Family Throscidae <small>Laporte, 1840 nomen protectum</small>
- Family â Berendtimiridae <small>Winkler, 1987</small>
- Family â Praelateriidae <small>Dolin, 1973</small>
- Superfamily Rhinorhipoidea <small>Lawrence, 1988</small>
- Family Rhinorhipidae <small>Lawrence, 1988</small>
- Infraorder Bostrichiformia
- Superfamily Derodontoidea <small>LeConte, 1861</small>
- Family Derodontidae <small>LeConte, 1861</small>
- Family Nosodendridae <small>Erichson, 1846</small>
- Family Jacobsoniidae <small>Heller, 1926</small>
- Superfamily Bostrichoidea <small>Latreille, 1802</small>
- Family Dermestidae <small>Latreille, 1804</small> (carpet beetles)
- Family Endecatomidae <small>LeConte, 1861</small>
- Family Bostrichidae <small>Latreille, 1802</small>
- Family Ptinidae <small>Latreille, 1802</small>
- Infraorder Cucujiformia
- Superfamily Lymexyloidea <small>Fleming, 1821</small>
- Family Lymexylidae <small>Fleming, 1821</small>
- Superfamily Cleroidea <small>Latreille, 1802</small>
- Family Phloiophilidae <small>Kiesenwetter, 1863</small>
- Family Trogossitidae <small>Latreille, 1802</small>
- Family Chaetosomatidae <small>Crowson, 1952</small>
- Family Metaxinidae <small>KolibáÃÂ, 2004</small>
- Family Thanerocleridae <small>Chapin, 1924</small>
- Family Cleridae <small>Latreille, 1802</small> (checkered beetles)
- Family Acanthocnemidae <small>Crowson, 1964</small>
- Family Phycosecidae <small>Crowson, 1952</small>
- Family Prionoceridae <small>Lacordaire, 1857</small>
- Family Mauroniscidae <small>Majer, 1995</small>
- Family Melyridae <small>Leach, 1815</small> (soft-winged flower beetles)
- Superfamily Cucujoidea <small>Latreille, 1802</small>
- Family â Parandrexidae <small>Kirejtshuk, 1994</small>
- Family â Sinisilvanidae <small>Hong, 2002</small>
- Family Boganiidae <small>Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1966</small>
- Family Byturidae <small>Gistel, 1848</small>
- Family Helotidae <small>Chapuis, 1876</small>
- Family Protocucujidae <small>Crowson, 1954</small>
- Family Sphindidae <small>Jacquelin du Val, 1860</small>
- Family Biphyllidae <small>LeConte, 1861</small>
- Family Erotylidae <small>Latreille, 1802</small>
- Family Monotomidae <small>Laporte, 1840</small>
- Family Hobartiidae <small>Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1966</small>
- Family Cryptophagidae <small>Kirby, 1826</small>
- Family Agapythidae <small>Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1969</small>
- Family Priasilphidae <small>Crowson, 1973</small>
- Family Phloeostichidae <small>Reitter, 1911</small>
- Family Silvanidae <small>Kirby, 1837</small>
- Family Cucujidae <small>Latreille, 1802</small>
- Family Myraboliidae <small>Lawrence and Britton, 1991</small>
- Family Cavognathidae <small>Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1966</small>
- Family Lamingtoniidae <small>Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1969</small>
- Family Passandridae <small>Blanchard, 1845</small>
- Family Phalacridae <small>Leach, 1815</small>
- Family Propalticidae <small>Crowson, 1952</small>
- Family Laemophloeidae <small>Ganglbauer, 1899</small>
- Family Tasmosalpingidae <small>Lawrence and Britton, 1991</small>
- Family Cyclaxyridae <small>Gimmel, Leschen and Ã
ÂlipiÃ
Âski, 2009</small>
- Family Kateretidae <small>Kirby, 1837</small>
- Family Nitidulidae <small>Latreille, 1802</small>
- Family Smicripidae <small>Horn, 1880</small>
- Family Bothrideridae <small>Erichson, 1845</small>
- Family Cerylonidae <small>Billberg, 1820</small>
- Family Alexiidae <small>Imhoff, 1856</small>
- Family Discolomatidae <small>Horn, 1878</small>
- Family Endomychidae <small>Leach, 1815</small>
- Family Coccinellidae <small>Latreille, 1807</small> (ladybirds or lady beetles)
- Family Corylophidae <small>LeConte, 1852</small>
- Family Akalyptoischiidae <small>Lord, Hartley, Lawrence, McHugh, Whiting and Miller, 2010</small>
- Family Latridiidae <small>Erichson, 1842</small>
- Superfamily Tenebrionoidea <small>Latreille, 1802</small>
- Family Mycetophagidae <small>Leach, 1815</small>
- Family Archeocrypticidae <small>Kaszab, 1964</small>
- Family Pterogeniidae <small>Crowson, 1953</small>
- Family Ciidae <small>Leach, 1819</small>
- Family Tetratomidae <small>Billberg, 1820</small>
- Family Melandryidae <small>Leach, 1815</small>
- Family Mordellidae <small>Latreille, 1802</small> (tumbling flower beetles)
- Family Ripiphoridae <small>Laporte, 1840</small>
- Family Zopheridae <small>Solier, 1834</small>
- Family Ulodidae <small>Pascoe, 1869</small>
- Family Promecheilidae <small>Lacordaire, 1859</small>
- Family Chalcodryidae <small>Watt, 1974</small>
- Family Trachelostenidae <small>Lacordaire, 1859</small>
- Family Tenebrionidae <small>Latreille, 1802</small> (darkling beetles)
- Family Prostomidae <small>Thomson, 1859</small>
- Family Synchroidae <small>Lacordaire, 1859</small>
- Family Stenotrachelidae <small>Thomson, 1859</small>
- Family Oedemeridae <small>Latreille, 1810</small>
- Family Meloidae <small>Gyllenhal, 1810</small> (blister beetles)
- Family Mycteridae <small>Perty, 1840</small> (palm beetles and flower beetles)
- Family Boridae <small>Thomson, 1859</small>
- Family Trictenotomidae <small>Blanchard, 1845</small>
- Family Pythidae <small>Solier, 1834</small>
- Family Pyrochroidae <small>Latreille, 1806</small>
- Family Salpingidae <small>Leach, 1815</small>
- Family Anthicidae <small>Latreille, 1819</small>
- Family Aderidae <small>Csiki, 1909</small>
- Family Scraptiidae <small>Gistel, 1848</small>
- Clade Phytophaga
- Superfamily Chrysomeloidea <small>Latreille, 1802</small>
- Family Oxypeltidae <small>Lacordaire, 1868</small>
- Family Vesperidae <small>Mulsant, 1839</small>
- Family Disteniidae <small>Thomson, 1861</small>
- Family Cerambycidae <small>Latreille, 1802</small> (longhorn beetles)
- Family Megalopodidae <small>Latreille, 1802</small>
- Family Orsodacnidae <small>Thomson, 1859</small>
- Family Chrysomelidae <small>Latreille, 1802</small> (leaf beetles)
- Superfamily Curculionoidea <small>Latreille, 1802</small>
- Family Nemonychidae <small>Bedel, 1882</small>
- Family Anthribidae <small>Billberg, 1820</small>
- Family â Ulyanidae <small>Zherikhin, 1993</small>
- Family Belidae <small>Schönherr, 1826</small>
- Family Caridae <small>Thompson, 1992</small>
- Family Attelabidae <small>Billberg, 1820</small>
- Family Brentidae <small>Billberg, 1820</small>
- Family Brachyceridae <small>Billberg, 1820</small>
- Family Curculionidae <small>Latreille, 1802</small> (snout beetles, weevils, and bark beetles)
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